Comics, Pulps, and Paperbacks: Why such a discrepancy in values? 25 25

[Surfing Alien]

16 minutes ago, Randall Dowling said:

This is a ridiculously hard to find paperback!  I bought the far more common The Golden Amazon's Triumph thinking it'll be a nice little set to complete.  Had no idea it would be a many year project!  

Early Harlequins, especially the first 300, are just ridiculous in any decent grade... and the most desirable ones, the SF, Whittington & Day Keene etc... are just not for sale anywhere. You'd love the Keene & Whittingtons, they're funky copies of the Phantoms,  kinda like the Aussie Phantoms, but a little closer to home...

[frozentundraguy]

By way of comparison (to The Golden Amazon), The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Harlequin 238), which I thought might be hard to find is not.   A search on the Abe site reveals 8 copies are currently for sale.

[Surfing Alien]

27 minutes ago, frozentundraguy said:

By way of comparison (to The Golden Amazon), The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Harlequin 238), which I thought might be hard to find is not.   A search on the Abe site reveals 8 copies are currently for sale.

Likely one of the biggest print runs they ever did. And look at those copies... How much $ for a fine copy with no, or minimal creases?

Now think about The Golden Amazon 

[frozentundraguy]

15 minutes ago, Surfing Alien said:

Likely one of the biggest print runs they ever did. And look at those copies... How much $ for a fine copy with no, or minimal creases?

Now think about The Golden Amazon 

I'm thinking I would have to pull off something like the scene pictured below to have enough funds.

Edited November 10, 2020 by frozentundraguy

[Pat Calhoun]

[thecollectron]

[OtherEric]

The only Golden Amazon story I've got... I have the impression the four stories written as Thornton Ayre were something of a prototype for the eventual series, but I really don't know.  Not my copy of the magazine, I didn't feel like digging it out so I snagged a scan online:

[Surfing Alien]

Been a while since I got a Blonde with a stogie in the mail and this is one i've been trying to get for a while...

The Ecstasy and Exotic Novels are right up there with the Falcon Books, probably because they were published by Falcon 

A couple more...

An early Uni with killer color strike

An early Gaddis Venus that I haven't seen before. It's an unusual palette for one of these.

And A Lady Named Lou. The Avon and Diversey Digests have a great cinematic quality to them imho

[damonwad]

Some Irish.

[damonwad]

And some Hopley's.

Is it considered a pseudonym if the name used is part of the real name but not the commonly used version?  Cornell George Hopley Woolrich.

[Pat Calhoun]

Oh, good on you. Just the display of those beauties is a tremendous and wonderful evocation of the Woolrich legacy. When I was a kid, intolerant of anything but pulp SF and ignorant of the fact that Woolrich qualified in that group too, I always knew he was waiting for me, and every time they played that silly song of 'Night Has a 1000 Eyes' on the radio I would smile in anticipation. Decades later, when I got a copy of the Dell and read it: all promises were fulfilled. Thank you.

Edited November 11, 2020 by Pat Calhoun

[OtherEric]

Found in the wild today.  I have the Super Special, but had no idea that there was a paperback as well.  Love the Steranko cover:

[OtherEric]

Also, while trying to track down some Woolrich to read (since people here are praising his work so highly), realized I had this hardcover from 1968.  Mostly reprint, but there are 5 new stories; including stories by John D. MacDonald (the reason I had bought the book originally), and Cornell Woollrich.  I've also got a few Argosies with his work:

[damonwad]

1 hour ago, Pat Calhoun said:

Oh, good on you. Just the display of those beauties is a tremendous and wonderful evocation of the Woolrich legacy. When I was a kid, intolerant of anything but pulp SF and ignorant of the fact that Woolrich qualified in that group too, I always knew he was waiting for me, and every time they played that silly song of 'Night Has a 1000 Eyes' on the radio I would smile in anticipation. Decades later, when I got a copy of the Dell and read it: all promises were fulfilled. Thank you.

Thank you and for the nudge to start reading his books in the first place. I could do without ever hearing that song again but I'm glad the decades wait was worth it for you.

I just noticed they made a film version (1948) with Edward G. Robinson that I'll have to try to track down.

 

[Pat Calhoun]

the Dark City version of the song is better

[Surfing Alien]

5 hours ago, Pat Calhoun said:

When I was a kid, intolerant of anything but pulp SF and ignorant of the fact that Woolrich qualified in that group too, I always knew he was waiting for me,

Sounds familiar... was a sci fi freak as well, always thirsty for the beyond, but time turned the mind toward the quality of suspense and landed here.

Beside Woolrich, really loving Day Keene right now. Just finished "This is Murder, Mr. Herbert" and like the light hearted twists. I was expecting downbeat endings but was pleasantly surprised... at least with these short stories...

[Pat Calhoun]

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[Surfing Alien]

7 hours ago, Pat Calhoun said:

Dayum Pat, I didn't realize how "in" you were... I have a bunch and am hoping for more of the light twists...  It's refreshing.